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Mm* First issue Published irregularly on tho SCRAP Proo Pi'- r Sec-amber 16, 197? VIOIHSM M TH0 (continued .from column l) How is it that throughout ths annals of artistic history, Pew of the vrvaen who rat -sue c.r't­ women have only speckled its pages? Even the few women who is tic careers keep at it : xot 30. have made the "seen®" basically served both as patrons and It's not vep. fashionable^ you know. as mistress* . Clara Schumann, a good composer in her own Those who a ually m- - early- r ght, wao better known for havirjg fucked Bach. deaths or go in.oan.r- with loneliness. And then there are ths spinster English woman of econ­ Because the.--, women reoi a deep • •' , omic privilege backed by society for lives of loneliness they express it through their par­ and near insanity who wrote novels (WITH MALE PEN NAMES). ticular media. In certain respects There is -- quota on wo men's participation in the perform­ this real nerd (or jvlf-exj-r-ession ing arts and this quota is incredibly low, A violinist or can hamper vosvv: s- ^finally. two is tolerated in an orchestra comprised of 90-100 men. What I mean --tp;!.,;' is mat if you're - Thus women go from comprising $0% of the student body in too busy figrfv! . , you have no time art schools to a mure 1% of those who ever get to perform. for being. This is alec true for When we speak of women artists we are never referring to blacks in {;o arm „ 7- i.-. indeed working class women or (Heaven forbid) black women. unfortunate that both racism and There are others, women more like ourselves, exploited in pop culture who use the media of their work tn get messages of their hurt and fright to us - past the censors who deal in good taste, polite living, hipness and other bullshit categories. Despite media gossip, w detect warm human brings, sisters. Wo empathize and then wake one morning tc be told of yet another inexplicable death - boost: and/or pills, junk, racism, poverty, despair or all of them, Billy Holiday, Bessie Smith, Marilyn Monroe and tJar.i:? Joplbu, Women who tried and made it to the other side of those unwritten race, class and sex codes in the arts. Take a look at the women who play a role in the rock world - Janis, Grace Slick, Lydia Pense (Gold Blood), Genya Ravan (Ten Wheel Drive), Candy Givens (Zephyr). All except Grace are merely singers. Regardless of the fact -that. the so •taw- -faoet-l • patebiaf ?&bu&se pariioalaw* group it is important to note they are being exploited by this role of sex object because it denies them their in­ dividuality, Aren't women bright enough to play instru­ ments? You c v: count the successful women instrumentalist on one hand. Listen to the lyrics of such male groups as Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, etc., etc., the chauvinism is enough to make me vomit. The whole Groupie scene is one of the sickest and saddest examples of male chauvinism in the rock industry. Both the rock atar and the groupie exploit each other and deny each other's humanity. He is the *star* (inhuman) r, she is his lay (also inhuman plus subservient). Women especially should take a second look at this "Rock Revolution" and not expect to bo liberated by a white-male- dominated music Indus sexism prevent many from complete I am a musician myself and have long felt the restrict­ self-actualization, I do net say- ions dealt down by my male peers, All through high school keep personal or pell'1 leal struggle I was barred from the percussion section even though I was apart from the arts, on the contrary considered to be a batter drummer than many of the gays, I believe that people should use any I was forced to play second fiddle (no pu .ntended) to any and all available fools for their guy in the band, In many of tho rock grc^ps I've played liberation. Tho arte, still are among with my ability was resented rather than rerp-scted because tho least repressed and most easily of my sex, Guys can't seem to dig a woman who can npete understood forms of communication, with thorn on a certain level. My trip i '1 comr -• with! so let's all utilize them. guys, it is to be a musician and a goo* '.a, lTr- .urvately debbie my striving for musical proficiency is oaken ,nreat to Duo to the use of the Free Preen many a male ego, TSK, TSX, \ to print Off the Pedestal this week, I don't hav- to prove that I am as good as a man in my |SCRAP PAPER will, not appear .this cfoosqp field, I don't want to have to compete, I just |week. The next i-w e of SCRAP PAPER want to play in a hassle-free environment. will come out . • Christmas. First issue, page 2 Off the Pedestal December 16. 1970, WOMEN'S HEALTH COLUMN (continued from column l) Gonorrhea: venereal disease which Vaginal infection is a frequent problem with women between can spread to the uterus and other post-pubescence and menopause. .The body activates a natural organs and cause sterilization. resistance to infection during this time, yet sometimes even Very contageous. Symptoms; sim­ this is not enough to protect fully the very delicate balance ilar to those of trichomonas, with necessary in these organs in the normal adult woman. a thick, copious, lemon yellow The vagina is composed of a material that resembles surface discharge. But irritation is skin, except that the tough protective outer layer of skin is usually not present except on omitted„ In the mature woman, the vaginal membrane has many urination. creases and folds throughout, which give it elasticity. Like linda the mouth .rid rectum, the vagina is not a sterile organ but (based on Sand, Things Your Mother contains tiny organisms in symbiotic relationship. This eco­ Never Told, You, just published.) logical balance is maintained by an environment that is warm, moist, and slightly acidic, LiBeRaTeD A vaginitis is nothing to be ashmed of, nor is it evidence He and I went to Macdonald's of intercourse. Prepubescent girls may contract an infection tonight. I opened the doors, because the natural resistance to is is inactive at this age, paid for the food, and carried leaving the area vulnerable to infection. Even a small per­ it back to the car. centage of nuns contract vaginitis, and a look at the possible Therefore: causes explains why. I am a liberated woman, A doctor's checkup is absolutely necessary if a vaginal no- disorder is suspected because; Prescription drugs are the best I am not a liberated woman. treatment for these uncomfortable ailments, and will insure I have merely replaced one the quickest return to normality and/or normal, sex life; symptom for another - as so persistant, chronic infection of the area seems to be connectec often happens with a genuine in some cases to the onset of cancer of the reproductive or­ and much-needed cause; its fol­ gans; gonorrhea (a venereal disease) may be present in women lowers begin to concentrate on without them suspecting it; and, sex partners may also have the the concrete symptoms and lose disease without knowing it, because the symptoms are sb slight sight of the basic issue. I can in the male. The treatments recommended here are for temp­ burn my bra and vow never to wash orary relief only. Keep bath linens separate and refrain from another dish as long as I live but intercourse to contain the spread of the infection. Do not this may have little or nothing to douche for U8 hours before the examination, and take a urine do with my liberation. If I con­ specimen with you, when you go. tinue to feel that his time is POSSIBLE CAUSES: 1. Antibiotics can kill some of the normal more valuable than mine or that I vaginal bacteria, allowing an overgrowth of yeasts. 2. Preg­ am inherently less able than he, nancy or birth control pills change the acidity of the vag­ then my concrete minor decisions ina. 3. Swimming in chlorinated pools; changes acidity. Ocean will be pointless. We must swimming ok. I|. Diabetes. 5. Poor personal hygiene, including realize that we as women are improper wiping after a bowel movement, which introduces fecal capable of writing an article matter into the area. 6. Also anal intercourse followed by for a newspaper that we have con­ vaginal intercourse. 7. Allergy to soap or perfumed toilet pa­ structed ourselves. Whether we per. 8. Nervous tension. 9° Mouth, penis, hands of sex partner wear a bra as we write that in foreplay and coitus. 10. Organisms in the prostate gland of article is irrelevant. If I the male. 11. Slight chance of infection from toilet seat. 12. carry my own food to the car that Allergy to synthetic fibers in lingerie. 13. Tight slacks, lij. should be because I am strong Psoriasis. 15>. Allergy to douches, vaginal spray, contraceptiv senough to do so, but instead, as foams or creams. 16. Tampon or diaphragm left in the vagina by with so many of the original accident. ideals, they are taken out of SOME COMMON TYPES OF VAGINITIS context and distorted. I carried Trichomonas Vaginitis: caused by infection of the vaginal the food and opened the door for area by the organism trichomonas vaginalis, transmitted mainly the same reason I used to wash his through intercourse.

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